A visitor attraction that cares for hundreds of swans has closed for winter a week earlier than planned and cancelled its half term Halloween events amid fears of a bird flu outbreak. Abbotsbury Swannery in Dorset had been due to welcome visitors to its Ghostly Games trail from Saturday 25 October to Sunday 2 November....
A military museum has hosted a training exercise to test the emergency services’ response to a chemical incident. Police, fire, ambulance, search and rescue teams and university paramedics took part in the exercise at the Tank Museum in Bovington, Dorset. The fake scenario involved a forklift truck colliding with a chemical tanker carrying chlorine, resulting...
A nine-day rail closure affecting passengers in Surrey and southern England during school half-term has begun. Replacement buses are to run for services between Staines and Windsor, and between Guildford and Havant from Saturday until 2 November. The final phase of upgrades to the Portsmouth Direct line are to be completed between Guildford and Havant,...
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Curtis LancasterSouth of England Jessica Levitt Jonathan Ross visited the Dorset based-club Talk show host and Celebrity Traitors star Jonathan Ross visited a girls’ football team and surprised them with a message from England Lioness Chloe Kelly. Ross spent two hours with the under-11s at Swanage Town and Herston Football Club in Dorset on Thursday...
Bournemouth boss Andoni Iraola has been speaking to the media before Sunday’s Premier League game against Nottingham Forest at the Vitality Stadium (kick-off 14:00 GMT). Here are the key lines from his news conference: Iraola confirmed striker Evanilson is “definitely out” for Forest’s visit, adding: “He is not far, not ready for Sunday but I...
Four months of roadworks are starting as part of a £5.9m project to improve drainage and stop the M5 and its verges from flooding. For the majority of the works, three narrow lanes of the motorway wil...
BBC Maureen Conroy (in the blue shirt) has run classes at Bath Sports and Leisure Centre since 1975 A fitness instructor who has run exercise classes for 50 years said she continues to enjoy teaching,...
Galya DimitrovaSouth of England Angela Thomas The colony on Chesil Beach is the last of its kind in south west England Conservationists are celebrating the fourth successful breeding season for the UK...
Ana da SilvaWest of England Submitted Nicola Kilcoyne and Vanessa Davidson met through a pain management programme run by the NHS Two women who became friends after meeting on a pain management course...
Plans to increase parking charges across Devon by up to 50% are being challenged. The Liberal Democrat cabinet member for Highways at Devon County Council, Dan Thomas, signed off the decision in Septe...
BBC Pupils being taught IT (Information Technology) at Castlebridge School, Tavistock A new state-funded school catering for children with Autism and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) ha...
BBC Apprentice Yoshika Yakabe is one of a growing number of women learning the traditional Japanese craft of ‘takezaiku’ Experts in Japanese bamboo crafting have been showing off their ski...
Briohny WilliamsSouth West BBC Six female water buffalo have been introduced to Tattiscombe on Exmoor Water buffalo have been introduced to an area of west Exmoor in a project which aims to restore ag...
The public has been invited to watch how Cornwall Council makes its decisions. The council will hold special sessions during which people can watch them debate and make decisions live online. Council ...
Jamie MorrisSouth of England and Tom MurrayBBC Radio Solent How Southampton nightclub can survive in 2025 A new nightclub in Southampton has opened its doors for the first time despite industry-wide c...